The package

• Individuals in both Kumamoto and Niigata to get US $25,000 each as compensation from the two corporations;

• Chisso to pay a total of US $46 million to five patients' groups to cover litigation and other costs;

• Showa Denko to pay US $4 million to the Niigata patients' group and another US $2 million to the local government for rebuilding the economy.

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
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